Episode 131: Art Now More Than Ever with Professor Daniel Shore

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Dan Shore’s most recent opera, Freedom Ride, premiered in 2020 to critical acclaim at Chicago Opera Theater, directed by Tazewell Thompson and conducted by Lidiya Yankovskaya. His many works for the stage as composer and playwright include The Beautiful Bridegroom, An Embarrassing Position, Works of Mercy, Travel, The Chorus Girl, and Anne Hutchinson.

Recent concert works include commissions from Calliope’s Call, Musaica, Duo Cantabrigia, the Rivers School Conservatory, the Freisinger Chamber Orchestra, and the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research. The Washington Post included him on their list of “21 for ’21: Composers and performers who sound like tomorrow.”

An alumnus of the BMI-Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop, a Fulbright scholar, and a two-time winner of the National Opera Association’s Chamber Opera Competition, Dan holds a B.M. and M.M. from the New England Conservatory and a Ph.D. from the City University of New York. Former faculty at Xavier University of Louisiana, Baruch College, and Emerson College, Dan is an Assistant Professor at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee and serves as an accompanist for the Boston Ballet School. He is a member of ASCAP and the Dramatists Guild, and he is also the official page turner of Opera del West. He is published by TrevCo Music and E.C. Schirmer.